Another great free antivirus program is called Antivir. It does not take up a lot of system resources and is excellent at quarantining viruses and other nastyware. However, like all other antivirus products, there may be times when you need to uninstall or remove it. Corrupted virus signatures have caused it not to update properly, or it wont start properly and it needs to be reinstalled. Maybe corrupted files are causing 100% CPU usage. These and other issues can cause you to uninstall and reinstall your antivirus product.

Whatever the reason for needing to uninstall Antivir, I've listed the best procedure for doing this below:

Normal Uninstall

The first thing you want to try is to locate AntiVir in the Add/Remove Control Panel and try to remove it from there. Follow these instructions to accomplish this.

1) Click on Start, Control Panel2) Open Add/Remove Programs3) Find AntiVir in the Programs list and highlight it4) Click Remove and follow the prompts to uninstall Antivir

What if Windows Security Center Shows AntiVir or other muliple Antivirus products installed

One quirk with AntiVir causes it to still show up in the Windows Security Center even when its been uninstalled properly. If this is the case, please refer to this article to resolve it.

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Another great free antivirus program is called Antivir. It does not take up a lot of system resources and is excellent at quarantining viruses and other nastyware. However, like all other antivirus products, there may be times when you need to uninstall or remove it. Corrupted virus signatures have caused it not to update properly, or it wont start properly and it needs to be reinstalled. Maybe corrupted files are causing 100% CPU usage. These and other issues can cause you to uninstall and reinstall your antivirus product.

Whatever the reason for needing to uninstall Antivir, I've listed the best procedure for doing this below:

Normal Uninstall

The first thing you want to try is to locate AntiVir in the Add/Remove Control Panel and try to remove it from there. Follow these instructions to accomplish this.

1) Click on Start, Control Panel2) Open Add/Remove Programs3) Find AntiVir in the Programs list and highlight it4) Click Remove and follow the prompts to uninstall Antivir

What if Windows Security Center Shows AntiVir or other muliple Antivirus products installed

One quirk with AntiVir causes it to still show up in the Windows Security Center even when its been uninstalled properly. If this is the case, please refer to this article to resolve it.